Dough dividing and scaling machine.



PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

F. STRBIGH. DOUGH DIVIDING AND SCALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK STREIOH, OF- CINCINNATI, oHIo, ASSIGNOR To THE TRIUMPH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or CINCINNA I, oHIo,-A CORPORA- TION OF OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed January 4, 1907. Serial No. 350,718. I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK STREICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dou h Dividing and Scaling Machines, of which t e following is a. specification.

My invention relates to dough dividing and scaling-machines of the class adapted to the use of bread-bakers and others; and the objects of my improvements are to provide means for dividing the dough uniform size, to. rovide means for se and depositing t e loaves on an en ess carrying pron, to provide means for feeding the dough intermittently to the plunger-box to preventit from pressin on'the top of the plunger, to provide a weig t arranged to exert a uniformlyyielding pressure on the plunger in its different posltions of movement, and to construct and assemble the various parts in such manner as willsecure simplicity, durability, efficiency, and facility of operation. These objects are attained in the followingdescribed manner, .as illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a dough dividing and scaling machine embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation on the dotted line-a. a of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an elevation with parts in sect1on of the crankshaft, connecting-rod, and its ratchet conarating nection with a feeding-roll; Figs. 4 and 5, a

plan and a front elevation, the se arating-rolls.

In the drawings, 1 represents the supporting-frame, 2 a driven pulley, and 3, 4, 5, and 6 a series of gears in train for reducing and transmitting motion from the pulley to a cam-shaft 7. A cam 8, secured on said shaft,

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serves to move arm 9 in a rearward direction by contact with idler 11 thereon. A weight 12, suspended over idler 13 by a chain 14 from arm 9, serves to move said arm in a forward direction under aconstant yielding exertion. Plunger 15 is connected to said arm by means of a link 16 and is reci rocated thereby within dough-box 17. Fee -rolls 18, provided with cleaning-scrapers 19, are j ournaled a short distance apart within hopper 20 and are connected by gears 21 for rotating them simultaneously In opposite direc- A slotted crank 22 is secured on the into loaves of cam-shaft 7, and a connecting-rod 23 is adjustably secured atone end thereto. The other end of said rod is provided with a rack 24,-which en ages with a pinion 25, which is idly m'ountef on the shaft of one of the feedrolls 18. A pawl 26, carried by said pinion,

. engages with the teeth of a ratchet-wheel 27,

which is secured on the shaft of said feedingroll and whereby said roll is rotated intermittently by the reciprocating movement of the connecting-rod during the revolutions of the crank.

A plate- 28, slidabl mountedin vertical grooves 29, is rovide with a plural number of open cylingii-ical molds 31, which register at one end with corresponding dischargeopenings 32, formed in the front wall. of box 17. Pistons 33, mounted to slide within said molds, are each provided with a stemf34,

adapted to contact with stop 35. Said stop is splined on a stud 36 and is adjustable thereon by means of a hand-wheel 37, whichjis ad'- "7'5 justably threaded onstud 38, whereby'the' forward movement of the pistons y limited as desired by. said stop. 1

A bell-crank; lever 41, pivot'ally r'nounted -frame, is provided at one end with an antlfriction-roller 42,- enga ing "withthe grooved cam 43', which issecure on cam-shaft 7. The other. end of lever 41 caron the supporti ries a connecting-rod 44, which is attached to molds 31, whereby themolds and-plate 28 are moved and maintained in diifere'ntvertical positions by the action of the groovedcam on said lever. Guide-rods 45, slidably mounted on the supporting-frame, are connected to arm 9 by means of links 46 and are movable thereby in a forward or rearward direction; A flange 47, secured on the front end of said guide-rods, serves to Contact with stems 34 and move the pistons simultaneously in a rearward direction for discharging the contents from the molds.

Separating-rolls 48, provided-with cleaning-scrapers 49, are journaled in bracket 50 and geared together to rotate simultaneously and In opposite directions for separating the loaves as they are discharged thereon from the adjacent molds 31 and delivering said loaves a'short distance apart on the endless carrying-apron 51. One of said rolls 48 is provided with a pulley 52, whereby they are ILO driven from the apron-roll 53 by means of a I tion of cam 8 on arm 9'.o Crank 22 then car ries the connecting-rod 23 in a downward direction and actuates the ratchet connections istration with the corresponding discharge.

of the feed-roll therewith to simultaneously rotate the feed-rolls to deliver aportion of the dough from the hopper to within the dough-box 17 The action of the grooved cam 43 on the bell-crank lever simultane-' ously moves and-maintains the molds in regopenings 32 in the front wall of the doughbox 17. Cam 8 then releases arm 9, and simultaneously the motion of the feed-rolls is discontinued by the action of the ratchet mechanism during the upward movement of the connecting-rod 23. Upon the release of arm 9 from cam 8 the weight 12 causes said armto. move the pl er in a forwarddirection and force the dough in the "box 17 to fill the molds. The forward movement of the pistons in the molds under the pressure of the dough therein is limited by the contact of stems 34 with stop 35. Immediately after the molds are filled they are moved and maintained in a lower position, as shown by groovedcam on thebell-crank lever. The

' plunger is then carried in a rearward direction y the action of cam 8 on arm 9, and said arm slmultaneously actuates the uiderodsv to move flange 47 in a rearwar direction into contact with stems 34 and to force the pistons to discharge the dough in loaves from the molds and upon the separat' -rolls 48,

whereby they are separated and de 'vered on the continuously-moving apron 51. During the maintenance 'of the plungeriat rest in its most rearward position the molds are, again niovedyinto registration with the dischar eopenin' s 32-by means ofthe action of t e oove cam on the bell-crank lever, and the eed-rolls are actuated by the connecting-rod 23 and their 'ratchet connection therewith to ously with'each rotation of s aft 7' for dividing and scaling the dough into loaves of pre-,-

feed 'asufiicient'quantity of doughfrom the hopper to box 17 for again filling-the. molds. Thls" operation 5 may be repleated' comma determined and uniform size.

Havin fully described my improvement, what I cFim as my invention, and desire to secure by hetters Patent of the United States,

1. The. combination of a box, a plunger therein, feed-rolls mounted directly thereover, and means for alternately reciprocating the plunger and rotating said rolls. 7 2. The combination 0 a box provided with feed-rolls and with discharge-openings, a

with pistons, means for mo tons, means for moving and maintaining said molds in registration with said openings, and a weight arranged to move the plunger inthe box'toward said openings during the registration of the molds therewith.

3. The combination of a box provided with discharge openings, a plunger therein, feedrolls thereover, a ratchet mechanism for intermittently rotating said rolls, molds provided with pistons, and cam-actuated mechanism for alternately reci rocating the plun ger and the molds in an out of registration with the discharge-openings 4. The combination of a box provided with discharge-openings, a plunger therein, feedrolls communicating with the box, ratchet mechanism for rotating the rolls intermittentl y, and a cam-actuated mechanism and a weight for respectively moving the plunger from and toward the openings.

v 5.. The combination of a box rovided with discharge-openings and with a p unger, molds -movements of the molds and simultaneously actuating-the pistons. v the dotted lines in 2, by the action of the 6. The combination of molds provided- 7 and maintaining them in different vertical positions,

,means for movin the istons to discharge the contents of t e mo ds, and separatingrolls for receiving and delivering thecontents of the molds separately on a driven *conveyer.

7 The combination of molds formed with -inent of the pistons, a cam-actuated mechan-.

ism for moving the pistons in a rearward direction, and separating-rolls mounted. at fixed ointsbelow the molds.

8. he combination of a box provided with discharge-openings, feed-rolls thereover, aplunger within the box, a weight for moving the lunger toward the openings, cam-actuated mechanism for movmg'the l I ger in the opposite direction and means o actuating t e feed-rolls intermittently.

9. The combination of a box provided with a discharge-opening, with a plunger and with .feed-rolls, means for intermittently actuating said liinger and also said feed-rolls, cam actuate mechanism and a mold .movabl thereby into and out of registration with the dischargeopenin 10. The combination of a box provided with feed-rolls, a discharge-opening and with a reciprocating plunger, means for intermit tently actuating the feed-rolls and the 1ui1- ger, a mold provided with aqpiston, a just-F I30 able means for limiting the movement, o the-2".

piston, means for moving the mold in and out of registration with the discharge-opening, and means movable simultaneously with the plunger for actuating the piston.

11. The. combination of a mold provided with a piston, a delivering-roll thereunder, and cam-actuated mechanism for reciprocating the mold vertically and also for moving the piston horizontally for discharging the contents of the mold on the delivering-roll.

12. The combination of a delivering-roll, a mold provided with a piston, means for moving and maintaining said mold in difierent redetermined positions, adjustable means for for discharging the contents from the mold upon said roll, during its maintenance in an- 20 other said position.

FRANK STREICH.

Witnesses: a

WM. P. FUECHTER, P. H. OVERKAMP. 

